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Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (also called Burma) is a country in Southeast Asia.
Burmese, the mother tongue of the Bamar and official language of Myanmar, is related to Tibetan and Chinese
Myanmar is home to four major language families:
- Sino-Tibetan: These languages are most widely spoken.
  - Burmese
  - Karen
  - Kachin
  - Chin
  - Chinese (mainly Hokkien)
- Tai–Kadai
  - Shan
- Austro-Asiatic
  - Mon
  - Palaung
  - Wa
- Indo-European
  - Pali
  - English
More than a hundred languages are spoken in total. ^[1]